Handley Page H.P.71 Halifax IX crash, Feb 13, 1947 (8 killed)
Handley Page H.P.71 Halifax IX accident on February 13, 1947 near Leek Staffordshire, United Kingdom with 8 fatalities. Cause: The wing tip struck the...
- Date: February 13, 1947
- Aircraft: Handley Page H.P.71 Halifax IX
- Location: Leek Staffordshire, United Kingdom
- Fatalities: 8
- Phase of flight: En route
- Cause: The wing tip struck the ground in a whiteout on Grindon Moor.
Halifax RT922 of No 47 Squadron RAF, on a supply drop to snowbound villages on Grindon Moor in Staffordshire, was lost in a whiteout. Its wing tip struck the ground and the aircraft crashed, killing all eight people on board, six crew and two press photographers.